The Etymological Compendium, Or, Portfolio of Origins and Inventions .. Containing a Particular Account of London and Its Public Buildings ...T. Tegg, 1830 - 356 Seiten |
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... . In the reign of Edward the First , the price of a fairly written Bible was twenty - seven pounds . The hire of a labourer was but three halfpence a day . The purchase of a copy 10 THE ETYMOLOGICAL COMPENDIUM . 29 330.
... . In the reign of Edward the First , the price of a fairly written Bible was twenty - seven pounds . The hire of a labourer was but three halfpence a day . The purchase of a copy 10 THE ETYMOLOGICAL COMPENDIUM . 29 330.
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... Edward III . his memory was affectionately revered , and , as printing had not been discovered , his writings were scarce , and earnestly sought . He was the first who translated the New Testament into English , and which fearfully ...
... Edward III . his memory was affectionately revered , and , as printing had not been discovered , his writings were scarce , and earnestly sought . He was the first who translated the New Testament into English , and which fearfully ...
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... Edward the Third , from France . London afterwards be- came famous for its signs , every shopkeeper or dealer having one ; indeed , extravagant sums were laid out on this then requisite deco- ration . They were not then affixed to the ...
... Edward the Third , from France . London afterwards be- came famous for its signs , every shopkeeper or dealer having one ; indeed , extravagant sums were laid out on this then requisite deco- ration . They were not then affixed to the ...
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... Edward I. , 12 Henry VII . ) which enacted , that 32 of them well dried and ga- thered from the middle of the ear , were to make one penny - weight ; but it was subsequently thought better to divide the dwt . in 24 equal parts , called ...
... Edward I. , 12 Henry VII . ) which enacted , that 32 of them well dried and ga- thered from the middle of the ear , were to make one penny - weight ; but it was subsequently thought better to divide the dwt . in 24 equal parts , called ...
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... Edward the Confessor , who by their own writers , is acknowledged to have taught them a great many English customs ... Edward VI . The term sovereign , as applied to a piece of money , is not new in the history of our coinage ; for so ...
... Edward the Confessor , who by their own writers , is acknowledged to have taught them a great many English customs ... Edward VI . The term sovereign , as applied to a piece of money , is not new in the history of our coinage ; for so ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 169 - This story shall the good man teach his son; And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by From this day to the ending of the world But we in it shall be remembered; We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...
Seite 152 - The insurance offices one and all shut up shop. People built slighter and slighter every day, until it was feared that the very science of architecture would in no long time be lost to the world. Thus this custom of firing houses continued...
Seite 320 - Smith (?'), they be made good cheap in this kingdom ; for whosoever studieth the laws of the realm, who studieth in the universities, who professeth the liberal sciences, and, (to be short,) who can live idly, and without manual labour, and will bear the port, charge, and countenance of a gentleman, he shall be called master, and shall be taken for a gentleman.
Seite 89 - Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the first, his Cromwell — and George the third — ('Treason,' cried the speaker — ' treason, treason/ echoed from every part of the house.
Seite 324 - Oh, what was love made for, if 'tis not the same Through joy and through torment, through glory and shame, I know not, I ask not, if guilt's in that heart : I but know that I love thee, whatever thou art.
Seite 73 - No Freeman shall be taken, or imprisoned, or be disseised of his Freehold, or Liberties, or free Customs, or be outlawed, or exiled, or any otherwise destroyed; nor will we pass upon him, nor condemn him, but by lawful Judgment of his Peers, or by the Law of the Land.
Seite 8 - When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.
Seite 120 - Third to steal a hawk. To take its eggs even in a person's own ground, was punishable with imprisonment for a year and a day, together with a fine at the king's pleasure. In...
Seite 46 - I seem to remember having been told, that a bad sweep was once left in a stack with his brush, to indicate which way the wind blew. It was an awful spectacle certainly ; not much unlike the old stage direction in Macbeth, where the " Apparition of a child crowned with a tree in his hand rises.
Seite 60 - I have been up all night (replied the old bard) ; my musical friends made me promise to write them an ode for their Feast of St. Cecilia : I have been so struck with the subject which occurred to me, that I could not leave it till I had completed it ; here it is finished at one sitting.